Scripting News: A hive of activity

Scripting News, the weblog started in 1997 that bootstrapped the blogging revolution.

A hive of activity

Scripting News has been a hive of activity this week, with lots of flow coming from the BBC and TechMeme. But it's worth noting that while these sites are massive flow-builders, another high-flow site that I'd bet not many of you are aware of, is also making a huge contribution. The pie chart below illustrates.

A link from Daring Fireball keeps everything moving. It's a gift from heaven. Thanks so much! I'm not worthy I'm not worthy. ";->"

All that is important, but I'd be remiss if I didn't also point out that the all-time authority champion for my site is, according to Technorati, TechCrunch. Mike, thanks so much for helping Scripting News stay on the map!

Last update: Thursday, June 3, 2010; 4:00:37 PM

~About the Author~

Dave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in New York City.

"The protoblogger." - NY Times.

"The father of modern-day content distribution." - PC World.

One of BusinessWeek's 25 Most Influential People on the Web.

"Helped popularize blogging, podcasting and RSS." - Time.

"The father of blogging and RSS." - BBC.

"RSS was born in 1997 out of the confluence of Dave Winer's 'Really Simple Syndication' technology, used to push out blog updates, and Netscape's 'Rich Site Summary', which allowed users to create custom Netscape home pages with regularly updated data flows." - Tim O'Reilly.

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